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Old 10th September 2008, 08:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
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What? NO END OF THE WORLD TODAY? LHC fired up today

They fired up the Large Hadron Collider and the world didn't end?

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I thought FOR SURE, today was going to be the day! Of course, they havent' even collided any particles yet, they just warmed up the machine..so there's still hope of a massive black hole opening up and swallering France and Switzerland.

Any of you physics guys have opinions on this?
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Today they only turned the collider on. Next month (or later this month) is the actual collision.
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Old 10th September 2008, 09:12 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Yup. But it's not interesting.

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Hopefully they find exotic matter when test goes live.

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In these times of turbulence, it's absolutely reassuring that you have some sort of watchdog program to ensure the safety of self and kin. The following site has been designed with the sole purpose of keeping you up-to-date on what's happening inside this new technological wonder. Thank you so much HasTheLargeHadronColliderDestroyedTheWorldYet.com

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Old 10th September 2008, 11:41 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Today they only turned the collider on. Next month (or later this month) is the actual collision.
Cool. I got a month to plan an End-of-the-World dinner and gaming party.

Better stock up on Kool-Aid.
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[quote=Nyaricus;4459977]HasTheLargeHadronColliderDestroyedTheWorldYet.com

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They will power it up but it get out of control. Knowing the world is about to end, a lone tech-guy will enter the cylinder. Later he awakes but the world has changed. Now there are immortals and harbingers of many strange and wonderous powers. Worse, the guy has the power of a god but no self confidence and borderline psycho with depression.



name that comic book (or company if you wish) that may become fact shortly.....
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They will power it up but it get out of control. Knowing the world is about to end, a lone tech-guy will enter the cylinder. Later he awakes but the world has changed. Now there are immortals and harbingers of many strange and wonderous powers. Worse, the guy has the power of a god but no self confidence and borderline psycho with depression.



name that comic book (or company if you wish) that may become fact shortly.....
Except for the god like powers it sounds like you're describing yourself, Mega.
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They fired up the Large Hadron Collider and the world didn't end?

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I thought FOR SURE, today was going to be the day! Of course, they havent' even collided any particles yet, they just warmed up the machine..so there's still hope of a massive black hole opening up and swallering France and Switzerland.

Any of you physics guys have opinions on this?
Heh, France & Switzerland won't be going anywhere.

But I'm very interested professionally on what they'll find. As long as it's not the most garden variety possibility, I imagine I'll be pretty happy.
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Yeah, you really need to get out of it, and get a pair of new glasses. It's about two atoms running into one another, not two Adams.
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